It's a statement that's hard to argue with. Jeff Cooper once told me lie felt that the best military revolver ever was the Webley stirrup latch, top-break, double-action. APA style: THE FIRST WEBLEY: THOUGH INITIALLY OVERSHADOWED BY OTHER MAKES, IN TIME WEBLEYS WOULD BECOME THE PREEMINENT ENGLISH REVOLVERS.THE FIRST WEBLEY: THOUGH INITIALLY OVERSHADOWED BY OTHER MAKES, IN TIME WEBLEYS WOULD BECOME THE PREEMINENT ENGLISH REVOLVERS." Retrieved from MLA style: "THE FIRST WEBLEY: THOUGH INITIALLY OVERSHADOWED BY OTHER MAKES, IN TIME WEBLEYS WOULD BECOME THE PREEMINENT ENGLISH REVOLVERS." The Free Library.That would answer most of your questions. Perhaps some of our better informed forum members can share more pertinent information. Some of the more recent reference works may have better information. There is some general information on the number serialization of these pistols. This book has about 3-4 pages devoted to the British Colt 1911. Bady's book, Colt Automatic Pistols (printed in 1973). Most of the aforementioned information is gleened from Donald B. Following WW I, many of these pistols were re-issued to the RAF in the 1920s and will be marked with an RAF or R.A.F. Most military issued pistols will have a serial number beginning with a W (it is suspected this W stands for Webley). Interestingly enough, some of the magazine floorplates were actually marked. 455 Webley for the British Government starting around 1915 through about 1918.
Since this question was posted in the Semiauto Pistols section I can only assume you mean the. I think it was actually adopted by the RCMP for a period of time.
455 Eley (a rimmed cartridge) was chamberd in the old model Colt New Service Revolver.
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